HutchFan

Great description, Jim. Everything KB plays sounds sooooooo good, and it's seemingly effortless. No flash, all music.

Yes! Superb! Sir Roland was prolifically recorded in the Seventies; he made nearly 30 records as a leader or co-leader. I have most of them -- but I don't have that trio record issued on Salvation. Mark, if you track it down, I'd love to hear what you think of it.

I stumbled across this in a record store over in Birmingham a few months ago. Snatched it right up. (Mine is in CD format rather than LP.) I like it too.

Oh. That's fine. Either way, I don't think there's any one right way to do the collecting thing. It's just whatever you love. That's the thing. No right or wrong in play. Or at least that's how I look at it.

crickets. . . As Austin Powers would say, "That's not his bag, baby."

page, I spoke with both my son and another musician-friend. They both recommended a baritone ukelele, since the chord fingering on a baritone is the same as the four highest strings on a guitar. Thus, a smoother transition to the new instrument.

My music collection is smaller than many of yours, but I'm fortunate in this regard: My oldest son is a musician and music-lover, and he's already said that he wants all of my records -- both CDs and LPs -- when I pass. I know I'm blessed. One of my four kids understands that part of me, and it's nice to think that I can pass my collection along to him.

David - Here are a few that I've really enjoyed that I didn't see mentioned on the other thread: - Harry "Sweets" Edison - Just Friends - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Light & Lovely - Budd Johnson (with Earl Hines) - Mr. Bechet - Ellis Larkins - A Smooth One - Roland Hanna - Impressions Along with these, do try to hear the two Hank Jones records and the Joe Newman record that soulpope mentions on the other thread. All of these are unmissable, imho!

My older son, Jacob, is the guitarist. You have a good memory!

Page - I wish I had some advice to offer, but I couldn't tell you the first thing about ukeleles. OTOH, my son is a guitarist, and occasionally he messes around with ukeleles. I think he has a couple. I'll ask him what he thinks.

Ah, I see. That makes sense.

Today, I ordered these 9 LPs from a retailer on Discogs: Kenny Burrell - Live at the Village Vanguard (Muse) I already have this wonderful music as MP3s. Looking forward to hearing the improved fidelity on vinyl! The Super Jazz Trio - S/T (Jazz Line, French import) with Tommy Flanagan, Reggie Workman & Joe Chambers. Flanagan's response to Hank Jones' Great Jazz Trio? Jay McShann - The Last of the Blue Devils (Atlantic) with Buddy Tate, Joe Newman, and a young John Scofield. George Coleman/Tete Montoliu Duo - Meditation (Timeless Muse) I think Big George was at his peak in the 70s. Louis Smith Quintet - Prancin' (SteepleChase) with SIr Roland Hanna. Randy Weston - Blues To Africa (Arista-Freedom) Another MP3 to LP upgrade. Superb music! Milcho Leviev Quartet - Blues For The Fisherman (Mole Jazz, UK import) Art Pepper's band. Not sure why it was released in Leviev's name. Presumably contracts? Count Basie - Basie Jam #3 (Pablo) Lately, I've been enjoying #2 so much that I decided to spring for #3. Marian McPartland - A Delicate Balance (Halcyon) I don't think Concord ever got around to reissuing this LP that McPartland released on her own label. All 9 LPs VG+ / VG+ (or better). Most were $2 or $3. Who says great deals can't still be found on vinyl?!?!?

Branford's Romare Bearden Revealed comes to mind. . .

PM sent re: these 3: -- Kuhn ,Steve – Oceans in the Sky (Owl) $7 -- Montoliu, Tete – Songs For Love (ENJA) $7 -- Sims ,Zoot – Suddenly It’s Spring (Pablo/OJC) Rowles, Mraz $6

SteepleChase is a great label! A few of my favorites: Kenny Drew Trio - Dark Beauty Jackie McLean & the Cosmic Brotherhood - New York Calling Onaje Allan Gumbs - Onaje Jim McNeely Quintet - Rain's Dance Johnny Dyani Quartet - Song for Biko Dexter Gordon - Something Different Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra - Very Hot: Even the Moon Is Dancing Clifford Jordan - The Highest Mountain Lee Konitz - Yes, Yes, Nonet Lee Konitz & Red Mitchell - I Concentrate on You Mary Lou Williams - Free Spirits

Right on.

Same with me.

Three?!?!?! Impossible! O.K. I'll give it a shot: How about Piano in the Foreground, Far East Suite, and The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse. . . . Or Ellington Uptown, Anatomy of a Murder, and The Great Paris Concert. . . . Or Piano Reflections, The All-Star Road Band, Vol. 1, and Blues in Orbit.

What do you think of that one, paul? I've eyed it a few times, but never pulled the trigger.

On Saturday night, I'm going to see Pat Martino at the Velvet Note, a local club. I'm really looking forward to it. I've never him live before.

Some new(-ish) releases that I've been enjoying lately: - Steve Kuhn - At This Time. . . - Joey Calderazzo - Going Home - Edward Simon - Latin American Songbook Plus loads of 1970s jazz that was new to me. A few of that I've especially enjoyed: - Buddy Tate - Buddy Tate & His Buddies - Albert Mangelsdorff - Never Let It End - Al Grey - Struttin' & Shoutin' - Michael Garrick - Troppo - Michael Garrick Trio - Cold Mountain - Michael Garrick/Norma Winstone - The Heart is a Lotus - Jordi Sabatés - Solos de piano, Duets amb Santi Arisa - Clare Fischer - Jazz Song - Clare Fischer - Head, Heart & Hands - Karin Krog/Red Mitchell - ...but Three's a Crowd - Walter Norris/Aladár Pege - Synchronicity - Enrico Pieranunzi - The Day After the Silence - Art Pepper - So In Love

Here are five of my all-time favorites: Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (Columbia) It might be a cliche, but this record blew my mind on so many levels. Plus, on a list this short, you need to cover a lot of names with each record. This one covers Trane, Cannonball, Wynton Kelly and Bill Evans. Duke Ellington - The Best of Duke Ellington: 1932-1939 (Sony, 4 CDs) This pick is a bit of a cheat; it's a four-disc set -- but if I'm going to cheat to get MORE of anyone, it's going to be for Ellington. On most days, I prefer the 30's band to the more popular 40's Blanton-Webster band. This compilation does a great job of rounding up many of the gems. Cootie. Rex. Hodges. Bigard. Carney. Enough said! Bobby Hutcherson - Happenings (Blue Note) I could have chosen Medina/Spiral with Harold Land & Stanley Cowell. But I went with Happenings because Bobby composed all of the tracks but one. Plus, the telepathy between Hutch & Herbie is something special. Dave Liebman & Richie Beirach - Forgotten Fantasies (A&M Horizon) An unrecognized masterpiece by two underappreciated masters. I've loved it from the first moment I heard it. Charles Mingus - Live at Antibes (Atlantic) So much vitality! Mingus is an impossible force. With Booker and Dolphy (and Bud -- tho' he's not at his best). Don't forget Curson. He plays his ass off.

Wow. My first record wasn't nearly as hip as most of these. Also, I didn't begin listening to jazz until the 1980s, right around the time that I graduated from high school. So my first purchases were CDs, not LPs. The first jazz that I recall buying was Four Corners by the Yellowjackets. My best friend and I were both Genesis fanatics. Somehow, we discovered that David Hentschel was producing the Yellowjackets. (Earlier, Hentschel had produced both Trick of the Tail and Wind & Wuthering, and those two particular albums were our favorite Genesis records.) A couple years later while I was a college student, I joined the Columbia House CD Club. Remember how you got a bunch of "free" CDs up front? My first order included Kind of Blue, A Love Supreme, Concert by the Sea, and Ellington at Newport. Shortly thereafter, I bought and was blown away by Mingus at Antibes. That particular recording REALLY flung the door open. At that point, I was off and running. I still have that Yellowjackets CD. I bet I haven't played it in 20 years! I should pull it out and give it a spin.

I've been listening to lots of Robert Schumann's music for solo piano over the last few days. Mostly as performed by Claudio Arrau -- but also Argerich, Kissin, Alexeev, Perahia, et al. I've also ordered a Geza Anda box that includes 2 CDs of Schumann's music. Looking forward to hearing it. (The box is "The Art of Geza Anda" on Brilliant Classics, a reissue of his solo piano recordings originally on DG.)

Back to the original post: I hear you fasstrack. For me, the music after the dissolution of the classic quartet is very much a "just occasionally" thing. But the Impulse stuff with the classic quartet is more "everyday-type" music -- even though it's still HIGH-intensity music. I guess that's where I make the distinction.